Beauty Shots of All Together Now

I finished the All Together Now quilt a few days ago, but the weather hasn't been very conducive for outdoor beauty shots. Finally on Saturday the sun came out and it warmed up a bit. Stone walls are all over the place in the New Hampshire countryside. This one is in my neighbor's yard, and it's a good backdrop for a quilt, but this didn't sing. 

There is a public park in the center of my town, so I tried posing the quilt on one of the benches.

It was really breezy, so I put clamps on each corner so the quilt would stay put. The quilt looks like it belongs on this bench.

Since this quilt has such a spectacular backing, I decided to show it off too!

After I take the finished quilts outside for their beauty shouts, I wash them so they will be soft and crinkly.

Millie had already performed her QA check and given the quilt her paw of approval. Although Millie won't agree, I also wash the quilts to remove her dander.

The quilt is ready for its new home.

Magic Carpet, finished

It's finished. I'll have to hang it on the quilt rack outside to get a really good straight on picture of it in good light, but for now this will have to do. This quilt was designed in one day from leftover big diamond shapes I had cut out for the diamond quilts I made. I had cut about half the blocks, but as I designed the quilt I raided my stash for more fabrics. There are 62 different fabrics here, and each fabric is used once. There are a few prints that are shown in different colorways. The fabrics were all in my stash. I didn't shop for anything. Had I planned it I probably would have made something a bit smoother and more "regular" but I'm happy with it. Each diamond is 8" across by 16" tall.

This is a big picture, so you can click it to make it bigger and scroll around to see the fabrics in detail. There is one fabric in there, an Alexander Hoffman, that is 35 years old.